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much injury. When there is grass and water, it is 
well, on long marches by daylight, to rest an hour or 
two during the heat of the day. Feed and water at 
such times, with rest from their loads, affords much 
relief; but when there is nothing to offer the weary 
animals, it is decidedly the best course to hasten’ on 
and complete the journey, unless it is too long to be 
accomplished in a day. 
The desert here is a vast open plain, exttendlisi as 
Well at Alamo Mucho. 
far as the eve can reach on every side, except on the 
south-west, where a chain of mountains appears some 
